Britain Radio International

Roger Davis writes: "BRI should be on air December 10th/24th Dec from 10am, using 6240khz, features in the programme includes a tribute to the late Alan Freeman who died recently, also the DJ profile is Mike Lennox, rare 60s archive, and a sprinkling of Xmas songs.

Also look out for us on Xmas day morning, possibly Boxing Day and New Years Day, of course all broadcasts are subject to change or cancellation depending on the situation/availability at the TX site.

Any messages for the Christmas Day/New Years Day broadcasts please send them in good time to britainradio@hotmail.com "


(info via Alfa Lima forum)

Dec 4 & 5

6220: Mystery Radio still continues to be heard at all times of the evening. Yesterday @ 233o with a 34433 SINPO and today @ 2010 with a SINPO of 44444. Usual pop and jingle IDs.

Sun Dec 3

Better conditions but very windy here today:

6210: Cupid Radio @ 0900 mentioning he has two new QSL cards available for reports to his Oldebroek mailing address. SINPO 44444.

6210: Radio Borderhunter @ 1010 thanking listeners for their reports, and playing song by the Police. SINPO 44433.

6214: Radio Brandaris heard with ID @ 1143 and polka music. SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio heard @ 0910 with Chris Ise programme in English and German. SINPO 33433.

6240: Laser Hot Hits via Jolly Roger Radio @ 1020 with oldies. SINPO 33433.

6260: West Coast Radio playing rock and pop and signing off @ 0850. SINPO 43444.

6265: Radio Scotland Int with short broadcast playing New Order's "Blue Monday" @ 0855 followed by ID. SINPO 44444.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing 70s music @ 0915. SINPO 34433.

6275: Laser Hot Hits with 60s music and the Jolly Roger Show. Signal poor to fair. SINPO 34433.

6280: Radio Atlantis (pres) with schlager @ 0853. Didn't hear ID and gone when rechecked frequency. SINPO 44444.

6280: Flux AM @ 1200 playing Harpo "Movie Star," giving out email and hotline. SINPO 33433.

6285: Radio Rainbow @ 1015 talking about peace in English. SINPO 33433.

6290: West Coast Radio with dance music @ 1100 but problem with 'bleeping' utility on frequency. SINPO 43433.

6294: Alfa Lima International playing dance music @ 0840. SINPO 43433.

6295: Radio Shadowman with rock and pop @ 1030. SINPO 43433.

6299: KBC & Radio Quintus promoting the new programmes from KBC on 1386kHz starting in a few weeks time. Playing 60s music and KBC jingles and promos.

6300: Radio Golfbreker playing polka and schlager with echo-effect on voice, splash from Delta. SINPO 33433.

6305: Delta Radio playing 80s music, giving out phone number @ 0905. Strong signal. SINPO 44444.

6315: Unid station playing dance music @ 1045 with operator and his child at the mic. Couldn't pick out ID. SINPO 33333.

6325: Radio Hamamelis with schlager, polka, pop and talk in Dutch @ 1135. SINPO 34433.

6401: Weekend Music Radio talking about recent jamming on the frequency @ 1000 and playing pop and rock. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6425: Radio Ascona giving ID and hotline number @ 1125 but suffering utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6524: Radio Ramona continues to put a good signal on this frequency. Heard playing David Hasselhoff song @ 1115. SINPO 44433.

Quintus & KBC

In consultation between Radio KBC and Radio Quintus a promo rebroadcast will be on Sunday 3 Dec on 48m at 10:00 Netherlands time (0900 UTC).

The programme will last approximately 1 hour with jingles and music from 1960s and 70s.

Greetings from Radio KBC (ERIC) and Radio Quintus (Wilco)

Sat Dec 2

Poor conditions today and very little to report although I was out doing some Christmas shopping early afternoon - it is getting closer!

3927: Radio Borderhunter heard @ 2245 playing Katrina & The Waves, Dire Straits. But signal not the usual strength and frequency quite noisy. SINPO 33333.

6220: Mystery Radio @ 1610 with pop but not usual booming signal. SINPO 33433.

6275: Laser Hot Hits with pop, but weak signal competing against strong SSB QRM @ 1200. SINPO 22432.

6301: Radio Lowland heard @ 1555 playing polka. SINPO 33433.

6401: Unid (Weekend Music Radio?). Non-stop 60s oldies but no IDs heard @ 1600. Signal also fading out. SINPO 34333.

(Updated 10.50pm)

Fri Dec 1

Strong signal from Mystery Radio on 6220 coming in with s9+10dB @ 2230 playing the usual pop music. SINPO 54444.

Nov 29 & 30

Mystery Radio on 6220:
Wednesday @ 2030: SINPO 43433.
Today @ 1825, quite noisy on the frequency, SINPO 33433.

Received a message from Radio Spaceshuttle Int that he was broadcasting on 9290 (lsb) early evening tonight. Listening now (1830) but unfortunately can't hear anything. Maybe others will have more luck!

Radio Cupid & Radio Whitesnake heard on 6300 @ 2005 playing rock music, including Manic Street Preachers and Aerosmith, ID at 2010. Fair signal but lot of fading (34433).

(updated 9.10pm)

Nov 27 & 28

Mystery Radio continues to be heard well with its non-stop diet of pop. Logged @ 1530 yesterday with a SINPO of 43433 and today @ 2030 with SINPO of 43433 - some fading and a bit of utility QRM.

KBC to return

Former Pirate station KBC Radio from the Netherlands is back on the air starting December 23 on 1386 kHz with 500,000 W from Kaunas, Lithuania, every Saturday evening from 23.00 to 24.00 CET [2200-2300 UTC until DST: 2100-2200 UT]. On December 23 and 30 they will start with two test transmissions.

In the 70s and 80s KBC was a very active pirate on shortwave and mediumwave. They are working on a special KBC International website, coming soon.

Programs are mainly in English. Contact the station at info @ k-po.com

(info via Eric van Willegen (25/11-2006), Ydun's mwinfo via DX Listening Digest)

Sun Nov 26

Much better day here, sun is shining, conditions also seem to be okay. Can't be bad:

6205: Radio Thunderbird was coming in well on 6205 @ 0900. I don't know whether he's increased power or skip conditions from Germany are especially good today. A fair-good signal from Thunderbird, with rock music, IDs, talk in German, uses the SRS Germany mailing address. SINPO 33433.

6205: Radio Borderhunter heard with ad for Summer meeting 2007 @ 1435. SINPO 44444.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1040. SINPO 43433.

6240: Radio Paardenkracht with oldies, but transmitter problem as spurs also heard 15kHz either side on 6225 & 6255. SINPO 44444.

6240: Britain Radio Int via JRRI suffering co-channel QRM from Paardenkracht @ 1020. SINPO 43433.

6240: Laser Hot Hits v JRRI with the Jolly Roger show @ 1215. SINPO 44433.

6245: Radio Likedeeler (tent) suffering splash from 6240 plus utility QRM @ 1030. Certainly a German station. SINPO 22332.

6265: Premier Radio Int from Ireland with 70s music @ 0930. Email: premierradio(@)yahoo.ie. SINPO 43433.

6265: Antonio Radio with a fair-good signal, playing schlager, polka, ID in English and Dutch @ 1425. SINPO 33443.

6271: Radio Zodiac with his usual good signal and clear audio. Playing rock music @ 1210. SINPO 44433.

6280: Orion Radio playing rock music @ 0855 before closing down as usual at 0900. Good signal today (44444).

6280: Radio Fox 48 doing a modulation test, playing dance music @ 0915. SINPO 34433.

6285: Radio Caroline with relay of satellite service @ 1005. Weak (as usual). SINPO 23332.

6290: Radio Galaxy (tent). Oldies and 'Buzz FM' (another name used by the Galaxy crew) jingles heard @ 1245. SINPO 43433.

6295: Radio Robbie with schlager and polka @ 0910. SINPO 33433.

6295: Radio Bonofox playing a Madonna song @ 1420. Some ute qrm. SINPO 33433.

6300: Radio Northpole playing 80s oldies @ 0925 , suffering splash from Spaceman. SINPO 43433.

6307: Radio Spaceman and Radio Delmare with a massive signal @ 0905, playing schlager, rock, pop etc, greeting listeners. SINPO 54444.

6310: Unid station playing non-stop pop @ 1430. Good signal - Malaisy? SINPO 44433.

6324: Radio Waves Int playing French music, IDs @ 0955. SINPO 34433.

6325: West Coast R heard in QSO with Zodiac @ 1410. Good signal (44444).

6326: Radio Paardenkracht moved from 6240. Heard @ 1200 playing Boney M, and no sign of the transmitter problem he was having on 6240. SINPO 44433.

6380: Laser Hot Hits v JRRI with Lee Richards A-Z of Pop show @ 1025. SINPO 33433.

6390: Radio Victoria trying out this frequency today. Heard @ 1155 with oldies. SINPO 34333.

6425: Radio Ascona with schlager @ 1455. SINPO 34333.

6524: Radio Ramona continues to come in well on this channel, playing oldies @ 1000. SINPO 44444.

6540: Radio Brigitte playing Boney M @ 1010, schlager, IDs in English, French, Dutch and German. Uses Herten mailing address. SINPO 34433.

(updated 3.30pm)

Sat Nov 25

Conditions didn't seem that great today but quite a few stations logged:

3927: Radio Spaceman with Radio Delmare. Conditions not good on 75m tonight and Major Tom only fair with fading - not the usual 9+20dB. Playing oldies, giving out hotline @ 2150 and email address: komopdeband(@)hotmail.com SINPO 34433.

6210: Cupid Radio playing rock music @ 1540, also announced 15070. SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio coming in strong @ 2310, playing 70s disco followed by "Mystery Radio Worldwide" jingle. SINPO 44444.

6264: West Coast Radio playing song by OMD @ 1535 and other 80s pop, mentioned he was on Skype for anyone wanting to call in. Good signal (44444).

6275: Laser Hot Hits with the Colin Dixon Show @ 1050, SINPO 34433.

6295: Radio Atlantis heard playing schlager with jingles @ 1055, a good signal but some fading (44433).

6297: Radio Alfa Lima heard @ 2320 with dance music, followed by ID. QRM from Dutch station Atlantis on 6300. SINPO 43433.

6298: Flux AM playing Beach Boys song @ 1525 and then signing off. Using 50W. SINPO 43433.

6300: Radio Atlantis playing schlager with jingles @ 2340. Good signal but some QRM from Alfa Lima. SINPO 43433. Moved to 6310 @ 2347 but splash from utility here (43433).

6310: Radio Paardenkracht with schlager @ 1110. SINPO 44333.

6310: Radio Galaxy from the UK playing dance music, "Super Station" jingles, ID @ 1530. SINPO 34433. Faded out quite quickly after this as it began getting dark here. SINPO 34433.

6401: Radio RP heard with schlager, ID and email address in Dutch @ 1000, no sign of WMR. SINPO 34333.

6425: Radio Ascona @ 1100 playing schlager and IDs. Fair signal but some 'roaring' type ute QRM, SINPO 33433.

(updated 11.50pm)

Fri Nov 24

6220: Mystery Radio @ 1930 playing pop. SINPO 34333.

Electric Radio announced test on 6278.7 @ 2030, but nothing logged here @ 2050. On Alfa Lima's forum, operator said the email address was pirateradio(@)rock.com

Orange Wave Radio

Look out for a new station tonight (Thu 23 Nov) from 2100UTC on 4780 +/- and 6360 +/- when Orange Wave Radio takes to the airwaves under the name Radio Helena.

Any changes will be posted on Alfa Lima's forum.

(info via Alfa Lima forum)

Wed Nov 22

6220: Mystery Radio @ 2020 playing Duran Duran "The Reflex," followed by canned ID. SINPO 43433.

Weekend Music Radio jamming

Here is a message I received from WMR:

"WMR has been using the freq of 6400 for some years now, since the current solar cycle made the use of 41m pointless. However the last 2 weeks have seen the station jammed by presumably 2 separate sources.

Some retard has been recording WMR from SW and rebroadcasting the tapes at various times, and was deliberately jamming WMR last sunday. This is the first time we remember that the hoax WMR has been seen as malicious.The hoax WMR has been broadcasting to our knowledge, for at least 6 years!!! Does anyone have any clue as to the whereabouts of this jamming signal?? Who is behind such a long term pointless project?? Why?? Why WMR??

To make matters worse, WMR was jammed again this Sunday by some Dutch twit, or at least someone playing non stop Dutch music. Is this the same source, or a different transmitter?

This is one reason we prefer 41m, away from the crap and ignorant operators. When the new solar cycle begins properly, and 41 is working again, we will certainly move back up in freq.

Some dxer must be getting a ground wave from this signal."

ukdxer comment:
Jack is obviously very unhappy with this situation and who can blame him. I enjoy listening to WMR who puts in a good signal here so it is annoying when other stations use 6400 and make the frequency unlistenable. I'm sure his signal carries as far as the Netherlands so could operators please check before switching on (actually, that goes for any frequency as there is no point two stations trying to broadcast on top of each other).

Mon Nov 20

6220: Mystery Radio with pop and jingles @ 1910. SINPO 44444.

6285: Radio Caroline heard with pop and rock @ 1000. SINPO 23332.

Sun Nov 19

Busy Sunday on the bands:

5965: European Music Radio via Julich heard with the Mailbox programme @ 1335. Very strong signal (55555).

6205: Radio Borderhunter, moved from 6210 @ 1025 to avoid interference. SINPO 44444.

6210: Radio Borderhunter with a good signal @ 0925. Playing rock music, commenting that it's raining. SINPO 44444.

6220: Mystery Radio with Chris Ise playing dance music @ 0905. SINPO 44433.

6239: Radio Scirocco playing schlager @ 0930 and heard spelling out station name. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6239: Laser Hot Hits via Jolly Roger Radio, playing pop, but co-channel QRM (Scirocco?). SINPO 43443.

6245: Radio Caroline with a relay of satellite service @ 1320. Fair signal. SINPO 33433.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing Deep Purple @ 1015, but co-channel QRM. SINPO 33433.

6265: Radio Alpenroos with some heavy rock @ 1430, ID and email, and signing off. SINPO 34433.

6270: Radio Caroline test transmissions moved from 6300 @ 0935. Less interference on this channel. SINPO 34433.

6270: Radio Atlantis (presumed) @ 1100 with non-stop dance music but some co-channel SSB QRM. SINPO 43443.

6279: Electric Radio International (presumed) @ 0915 with instrumental music. No ID heard, signal gone or faded out by 0930. SINPO 34433.

6280: Radio Spaceman had a great signal on 6280, with rock music. SINPO 54444.

6285: Radio Caroline (satellite relay) with religious programme @ 0905. SINPO 23332.

6290: Radio Mazda (presumed) @ 1035 with non-stop schlager. SINPO 43443.

6294: Solar Radio from the UK heard giving out phone number @ 0945, playing oldies. SINPO 33433.

6295: Kenwood Radio playing dance music and ID in Dutch @ 1440. SINPO 44433.

6300: Radio Caroline with test transmission @ 0920. SINPO 33433.

6300: Skyline International Radio with dance music and ID @ 1045. SINPO 34333.

6300: Radio Lowland @ 1310 playing a U2 song followed by QSO with Skyline. SINPO 34333.

6300: Radio Spaceman part of massive Dutch QSO @ 1410. Reports to VO The Netherlands, Rob 007, Lowland, Quintus, Flux AM and West Coast (phew!). SINPO 44444.

6304: Antonio Radio with rock and pop @ 1010. SINPO 34433.

6307: Radio Brandaris heard with schlager @ 1435. SINPO 34433.

6310: Orion Radio playing oldies @ 0845. Good punchy signal. SINPO 44433.

6327: Radio Saturnus using 25W, playing oldies @0940. Great signal for that amount of power. SINPO 44444.

6327: Radio Quintus playing oldies and closing down @ 1315. Good signal (44444).

6374: Radio Pandora heard for first time for several months with Steve St John playing INXS record @ 1405. Giving ID and contact information and mention for this site (thanks). SINPO 43443.

6380: Laser Hot Hits via Jolly Roger Radio @ 1055 with pop and rock. SINPO 44433.

6401: Weekend Music Radio from Scotland was booming in on 6401 @ 0850, playing rock music. SINPO 54444.

6524: Radio Ramona with oldies @ 0855. SINPO 33433.

(updated 2.55pm)

Sat Nov 18

6220: Mystery Radio heard @ 2325 with a programme from Chris Ise of Crazy Wave Radio in English, playing dance music. Gave email address as mysteryradio(@)googlemail.com SINPO 44444

6260: Radio Caroline (another one!) @ 0920 announcing that this was test transmission and asking for reports to studio(@)radiocaroline.co.uk SINPO 33433

6275: Unid station heard @ 0915 playing non-stop schlager. SINPO 33433.

6275: Laser Hot Hits with the Jolly Roger programme (not to be confused with Jolly Roger Radio) @ 1015. SINPO 344433.

6285: Radio Caroline (different to 6260) with relay of internet service @ 0930. As usual, barely audible. SINPO 24332.

6295: Cupid Radio greeting a listener in the USA @ 1440. Also announced 15070. SINPO 34333.

6300: Radio Spaceman playing some French music for Marcel @ 1005. Good signal (44444).

6300: Radio Scotland with a report to Spaceman @ 1045 Strong signal. SINPO 44444.

6301: Orion Radio heard playing rock and pop @ 1240, ID in Dutch. Off at 1245. SINPO 44444.

6308: Radio Valencia with a strong signal @ 6308. I don't know if he's increased his power recently. Playing schlager, greeting Gunter in Germany, giving out the email address. SINPO 44444.

6310: Radio Optimod with a short broadcast @ 1000, playing dance music. SINPO 44444.

6324: West Coast Radio in a long chat with Rob 007 in Dutch @ 1525. SINPO 44444.

6401: Radio Robbie with schlager @ 1520, ID in Dutch. SINPO 33433.

(updated 11.30pm)

Fri Nov 17

Radio Caroline heard on 6285 @ 1005 playing rock, pop and oldies. If it's coming from the UK, the relay must be using 10W or less as most of the time it's barely audible. SINPO 24332.

Thu Nov 16

Mystery Radio back on tonight after a few days absence.

Heard on 6220 @ 1905 with pop and jingles. SINPO 44444.